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Three Identical Coins Are Tossed Together. What is the Probability of Obtaining: All Heads? - Mathematics

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Question

Three identical coins are tossed together. What is the probability of obtaining:
all heads?

Sum
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Solution

Total outcomes = 8

i.e. (H,H,H),(H,H,T),(H,T,H),(T,T,T),(T,H,H),(T,T,H),(H,T,T),(T,H,T)

Favourable outcome = i.e. (H,H,H)

∴ P(of getting all heads) = `1/8`

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Chapter 23: Probability - Exercise 23 [Page 259]

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Selina Concise Mathematics [English] Class 8 ICSE
Chapter 23 Probability
Exercise 23 | Q 12.1 | Page 259
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